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| Bill Stupak:
Just curious, will aluminum hold up to the rigors work-holding on a milling machine? Bill |
| NormanV:
I hope so. That is why I have made the castings quite substantial and it will have steel facings to the jaws and the screw will run in a steel nut. |
| vtsteam:
Andrew's can did the trick! I mean the riser..... |
| NormanV:
Yes, the cans certainly took all the contraction. |
| vtsteam:
And they stayed hot because of the sand in them to insulate. I like it! Your square sprue and risers look bigger in the last picture than I realized. Good work! Your vise should be pretty tough with your big fillets --are you planning to mill the upper one off because of the top plate, but leave the lowers on the sides and just shape the moveable jaw base to match them? |
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